🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 9 days agoAnon isn't worried about population declinesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square194linkfedilinkarrow-up1798arrow-down120cross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.world
arrow-up1778arrow-down1imageAnon isn't worried about population declinesh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 9 days agomessage-square194linkfedilinkcross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.world
minus-squarelimdaepl@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·9 days agoWhat those „retiree per worker“ graphs always fail to mention is how productivity increased over the same period. Those two workers today produce about as much as 8 did in the 50s so supporting the retirees should in fact be easier today, not harder. That it isn’t is because wages didn’t increase proportionately.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days ago That it isn’t is because wages didn’t increase proportionately Yes, because your wages go to said retirees. Who do you think owns all the companies not increasing your wages?
What those „retiree per worker“ graphs always fail to mention is how productivity increased over the same period.
Those two workers today produce about as much as 8 did in the 50s so supporting the retirees should in fact be easier today, not harder.
That it isn’t is because wages didn’t increase proportionately.
Yes, because your wages go to said retirees. Who do you think owns all the companies not increasing your wages?